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Kevin Wicks founded BBCAmerica.com’s Anglophenia blog back in 2005 and has been translating British culture for an American audience ever since. While not British himself – he was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri – he once received inordinate hospitality in London for sharing the name of a dead but beloved EastEnders character. His Anglophilia stems from a high school love of Morrissey, whom he calls his “gateway drug” into British culture.

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R.I.P. Robin
Gibb of the Bee
Gees: Seven
Great
Performances

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Sunday,
May 20th, 2012

Robin Gibb in 2010. (Press Association via AP Images)

Robin Gibb, member of the hugely successful British band the Bee Gees, has died today (May 20) of cancer at 62, BBC News reports. With news of Donna Summer‘s death on Friday, it has been a sad weekend for lovers of disco ...

Knighting
Americans:
Which U.S.
Celebs Deserve
the Title
‘Sir’
or
‘Dame’?

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Wednesday,
May 9th, 2012

The Queen wields the sword, knighting Sir Carlyle Green on

Sir Ben Kingsley. Dame Judi Dench. When you say these names, you feel the weight of those titles and the lifetimes of achievement they represent.

Vidal Sassoon,
Icon of Hair
Styling and
Fashion, Dies
at Age 84:
Watch Videos

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Wednesday,
May 9th, 2012

Vidal Sassoon cuts Mia Farrow's hair in 1967. (Copyright Bettmann/Corbis / AP Images)

Vidal Sassoon, famed British hairdresser and icon of the swinging ’60s, has died at age 84 at his Mulholland Drive home in L.A., the Los Angeles Times is reporting.

‘One Man,
Two
Guvnors’
Scores Seven
Tony Nods;
James Corden Up
for Best Actor

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Tuesday,
May 1st, 2012

'One Man, Two Guvnors' Cast (l-r): Suzie Toase, Oliver Chris, James Corden and Jemima Rooper (AP Photo/Boneau/Bryan-Brown, Joan Marcus)

British funnyman James Corden, Smithy from Gavin & Stacey and Craig Owens from Doctor Who, woke up this morning (May 1) a Tony nominee for his performance in the Broadway comedy One Man, Two Guvnors. He’s up for Best Actor in a ...

RIP Dick Clark:
17 UK Acts Who
Appeared on
‘American
Bandstand’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Wednesday,
April 18th, 2012

Just two months after the death of Soul Train‘s Don Cornelius, music has lost another of its legendary TV ambassadors: Dick Clark. Clark died of a heart attack today at age 82, leaving behind a powerful legacy, including a ...

WATCH: Fish and
Chips with a
Japanese Twist!
Plus: Get the
Recipe.

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Wednesday,
April 18th, 2012

Executive chef Matt Hoyle prepares fish and chips with a twist at Nobu 57 in New York City.

With BBC America’s new cooking competition No Kitchen Required whetting our appetites for exotic dishes whilst getting our adrenaline pumping, we here at Anglophenia have been exploring what some people still consider odd eats: ...

David Tennant
Returns to BBC
America in
Dramaville’s
‘The
Spies of
Warsaw’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Wednesday,
April 11th, 2012

Allons-y! BBC America has just announced that David Tennant, the beloved former Doctor Who star, will return to our screens in their new co-production, The Spies of Warsaw, a four-part period miniseries for the channel’s ...

UK Dramas
‘White
Heat,’
‘Inside
Men’ to
Premiere in BBC
America’s
Dramaville

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Tuesday,
March 27th, 2012

The cast of Dramaville's 'White Heat,' clockwise from top left: Reece Ritchie, Jessica Gunning, Lee Ingleby, MyAnna Buring, Sam Claflin, Claire Foy, and David Gyasi.

BBC America continues to plot out its star-studded schedule for its Wednesday night Dramaville block, which has been home to the critically-acclaimed British dramas The Hour, Luther, and Whitechapel. Following the recent announcement of ...

Confirmed: BBC
America’s
‘Being
Human’ to
Return for
Fifth Season

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on Monday,
March 26th, 2012

Michael Socha and Damien Molony from BBC America's 'Being Human'

The original British Being Human — which is currently in its fourth season, airing in BBC America’s Supernatural Saturday block at 9/8c — will return for a fifth season in 2013, BBC America has announced today (March ...